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OK, I used the search feature and I tried Google. I know that I haven't been on for a while, but Revvy told me that HBT now has sections for cheese, sausage, and smoking, so I'm back. I just got a cheese making kit for Christmas, and I am wondering if it is possible to cultivate Penicillium...

I think that I'd quit smoking!!

Last night, I used my wife's digital camera to make a video that I planned on posting on youtube. Because the camera records video in mov format, I couldn't use my windows movie maker to clean it up and edit it before I upload it, so I started looking for a FREE program to convert mov to avi...

Zombie Walk Detroit - Scaring up zombie adventure at any given moment I don't know if anybody had posted this, but a new friend was telling me about it on Sunday. He said that this past October, he was riding his bike in the Royal Oak/Ferndale area and almost road right into a horde of...

I got a call yesterday that I had won a "free" gym membership at a local gym. So I went over there this morning with SWMBO. Of course, it wasn't really free. It was $8 per month each for "insurance" that couldn't be waved, and a $10 card fee. That was for 3 day a week access. For an extra...

Tonight my (almost) 5 year old son and I went out for "Steaks and Beers", a tradition that we started last year as a way to get in a little father/son time. He put down a whole bottle of IBC root beer and most of a 6 oz sirloin. Then we went to the bookstore and picked up a couple of books and...

I don't hate them because they are a "soulless corporation", or because they destroy small business. I hate them because the of the people that work there. I have yet to be in a Walmart where the people move faster than a turtle. I hate going in there, but I sometimes have to when I need...

I am putting together a canoe trip for a beer group that I am in. I posted this on another board, and thought that it would be fun to post it here too. July 24-26 at the Lakewoods Campground in Mio, MI. We'll be canoeing on Saturday on the AuSable River from Mio Dam to McKinley Bridge. The...

About a month ago, SWMBO comes home and says that she decided that we need a new shower hear, and a new control valve for the shower because they are leaking. To be completely fair and honest, SWMBO is very handy around the house and does a lot of the household repairs. What can I say, it...

I'm getting ready to start building my keezer, and I have a "why not" question. I am thinking about using a 2x12 for the collar. I understand that this will add height, and make it more difficult to put kegs in. However, I can lift full cornies without any problems, so that won't be an...

OK, so it's not really for the coming zombipolcalypse, but it could be. A few years ago, I had to sit through one of the most boring classes that it has ever been my misfortune to go to. The class was all about the National Incident Management System(NIMS). In short, it was about how public...

I really need to move into a cave up in the mountains somewhere. Contrary to what I put in the "What Do You Do For A Living" thread, I am actually an emergency dispatcher for a police department in the metro Detroit area. Tonight is my 5th night in a row on overtime(35 hours just this...

There's lot's of talk about the zombipocalypse around here, but I don't think that people are giving enough thought to vampires. What if the vampires rise BEFORE the zombies?? Will you be prepared?? Here's my thought on it. I'll get Revvy over here with his book of magic spells and...

Yesterday I brewed a Schwartbier that-at 70% efficiency- should have come in at 1.057. Instead it came in at 1.050. That means that my efficiency was only 66% or so. I did a couple things differently that SHOULD have brought my efficiency way up. I also did a couple things that I know messed...

The idea for this beer came to me one day when I was getting yelled at by SWMBO for something that was extremely minor. I decided that I somehow needed to pair some chocolate with a beer with a kick. If I could figure out a way to add a few Midol to each bottle, I'd do that too. Type: All...

Well, I am giving it another go today. I went by the LHBS today and picked up some more grains. I got a much later start(about 4:30pm) and had some propane issues. I thought that I was going to be making an emergency trip to Walmart to switch out a cylinder, but I found one that was at...

Well, today was going great. I was brewing my Scwartzbeir, which is SWMBO's favorite beer. I was trying out a few new things with hopes for a much higher efficiency. My time management was great, and then tragedy struck. While I was cooling the wort down to pitch the yeast, I went to start...

Anybody ever use their spent grain for deer bait? Just wondering if it would work.

So the wife and I went out last night. She wanted to Karaoke with a couple of her friends, so that put any brew pub out of the running. Convinced that I was going to be drinking liquor for lack of good beer, I decided that if we were going to go Karaoke, then I wanted to go to a dive bar...

I'm brewing my Schwartzbier tomorrow, and I think that I am going to try somethings a little different. First, I had the LHBS grind my grain a lot finer than usual. Usually they grind at about a 38, and I had them grind this batch at a 27. It probably isn't that much of a difference, but...